Port St. Lucie man faces weapons, drug charges

A Port St. Lucie man, who was stopped for riding a bicycle without a light early Monday, was arrested after police found he was carrying drugs and a loaded gun, according to an arrest affidavit.

Jontavious Marque Sirmons, 27, of the 5400 block of Northwest Moorhen Trail, was charged with possession of a weapon by a felon, selling methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of public housing and possession of marijuana with intent to sell, according to the affidavit. He was being held at the St. Lucie County Jail on Monday in lieu of $97,500 in bond.

When Fort Pierce police stopped Sirmons about 12:10 a.m. in the 800 block of North 32nd Street, they found he was carrying a pill bottle that contained 67 methamphetamine pills, marijuana that appeared to be bagged for sale, and a loaded .22-caliber revolver, the affidavit said.

Sirmons allegedly told police he had been told to pick up the backpack in which he was carrying many of the items and deliver it to another location.